I plugged your serial number into the Yamaha website serial number look up and got this:
The entered serial number W2766222 was not made for the US market , OR this may not be Acoustic Pianos Serial Number. Please verify.
From another website I retrieved this info:
Quote:
Yamaha vertical pianos produced for USA market have been manufactured in 6 countries and they can be identified through their serial number prefix.
Hamamatsu, Japan (serial number without any alphabet prefix)
Thomaston, Georgia (serial number begins with "T")
South Haven, Michigan (serial number begins with "U")
Jakarta, Indonesia (serial number begins with "J")
Hangzhou, China (serial number begins with an "H")
Taoyuan, Taiwan (serial number begins with "YT")
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This does not explain the W. Entering the number @Yamaha without the W still brings up
the statement about not being made for the US market. So, they evidently have their
database set up by serial number regardless of the prefix.
On a UK website I plugged in the number and got this result:
Serial Number 2766222 - This piano was made in Japan in 1978They don't say what the W's stand for, though.
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Richard Adkins
Piano Technician
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-14-2020 04:53
From: Terrence Farrell
Subject: Gery market serial numbers
No authoritative answer for you David. However, we do see many grey market Yamahas in Florida and it's always appeared to me that there is no difference between serial numbers on regular and grey market pianos. It appears that if they were made in Japan, the regular serial numbers were applied.
But here is another question. I tuned a Yamaha upright yesterday - looked a bit older - 1970s maybe? The serial number is W 2766222. Looked it up in Pierce and that serial number was assigned in 1978 (for a Japanese Yamaha). What does the "W" stand for? And the little emblem cast into the plate that usually says "Yamaha Hamamatsu" only had "Yamaha" on it - like a Yamaha that was not made in Japan. It looked like a U3, but had no model designation cast into the plate or indicated otherwise. What gives?
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Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
Brandon, Florida
terry@farrellpiano.com
813-684-3505
Original Message:
Sent: 01-13-2020 18:39
From: David Love
Subject: Gery market serial numbers
Do Yamaha grey market serial numbers correspond to regular serial numbers in terms of DOM?
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David Love RPT
www.davidlovepianos.com
davidlovepianos@comcast.net
415 407 8320
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